The DJ and The Keyboard Player

by SolidFerret


Day 4: Fillydelphia

{A/N} Guys, if a dude makes fun of you for wearing skinny jeans. Tell him that their his girlfriends. Also, I cannot wait for the next A Day to Remember album. hash tag ADTR21. Next chapter.


Waking up once more with Vinyls' horn poking my eyes. I actually thought about cutting it off but, 1, I don't want to hurt her. 2, She wouldn't be able to do magic. And 3, If I cut off her horn, what do you think she'll cut off.

Shaking that horrid vision from my head. I laid in bed looking around the cabin. The window were covered so it was a dull gray in the room. I was also listening to the rhythm of the train, Not wanting to leave Vinyl's side, I tried to go back to sleep since my eyelids were heavy, It wasn't going to be falling back a sleep, It was just about resting my eyes, And to stopped being sleepy.

Soon, I heard Vinyl stirring awake. Looking up at me, she smiled an said,

"Good morning" she said in a mockingly happy voice.

"Good morning to you too." I responded, now trying to wake up.

"Come on Sleepy head! Lets get breakfast."


While eating, we were discussing the coming events of the day.

"So where we heading?"

"Fillydelphia"

"Sounds like nothing could possibly go wrong"

"Hey we may have had a few bad runs minus last night." She said.

'Last night was bad for me' I thought

"So don't worry. This is probably going to be the safest stop next to Appleloosa"

"And if it isn't?"

"Then I'll buy you a drink"

"I don't drink."

"Then I'll give you 5 bits."

"Fair enough."



Stepping off the train. The sun was already setting it wasn't to low but in a few it would be dark. Vinyl looked at me with a hint of sadness in her eyes, Before I could ask what was wrong, She said,

"Listen Notes, There are some friends here that I really want to meet and I hate for you to be standing there awkwardly. Maybe you could find something to do on your own."

As much as I wanted to cling to her like a foal with his mother, I knew that I would be standing there hogging Vinyl's time. Perhaps she was right.

"Don't worry about me. If I could survive Canterlot on my own, I'm pretty sure I can make it here."

"Thank you so much" she said as she pulled me into a hug.

"I don't want to go"

"What?"

Sh*t, I didn't mean to say that out loud. Quick, I got to think of something.

"Uhm.. See ya." I said and quickly trotted.

I find myself in the park sitting on a bench. I was fighting back tears wondering why she couldn't take me with her. My inner thoughts were telling me to grow a pair and get over it. While my brain was telling me that she didn't care about me anymore.There was another song I thought about but I wish Vinyl was here to hear it Thats when I realized that I was going through that phase that everypony in love goes through. I realized that I shouldn't be moping anymore. Instead I'm gonna go see what's around town.

1 hour later

So I might have met this guy who said he was a doctor. Which might currently explain why he has me strapped to a table in his basement while he sharpens his tools.* I really would have preferred hanging with Vinyl even if I wasn't in love with her.

The 'doctor' finally arrived. With a big ass creepy smile on his face. Looking at me, he said

"So how are we today"

"Not great. Uh care to explain what the hell you're doing"

"Well you see, I've always wanted to make an accomplishment in medical science. Ever since I've heard of you and your naturally auto-tuned voice, I have always wanted to find out a way to fix that. I managed to get a hold of your x-rays and saw that there is a computer-chip that fused itself in your throat.

"Hey doc, before you decide to slit my throat, did you ever that maybe I don't want the chip out?"

"Oh I'm sorry, but you already had your achievements. Now it's my time for being known as the pony who helped fix your voice"

"Sorry but this will kill me if you do this."

"That's where I will help you. After your throat slit and I quickly take out the chip, I will quickly sew your neck back up."

He then quickly brought out a buzz saw. If I could, I would pee my self right here. I'm scared sh*tless. Soon the buzz saw began spinning. Also the time I began to scream. Thankfully, It appears that my screaming was loud enough for somepony to notice that a buzzsaw was running while I was screaming.

A guard burst forward through the door and began to wrestle with the doctor. I knew that the guard would win since he already had the upper hand and was buff, trained, and a unicorn. Using his magic, he pulled the saw out of the doctors hand. Before the crazed doctor could strike back, the guard hoofed him in the face and knocked him out cold.

Turning to me, he used his magic and undid the ropes that tied my hooves down.

"Sir are you alright?"

"Yes sir. Thank you so much"

"It's what I do sir. Now get out of here"

Nodding, I left that psycho shed** and found my self in a back alley.

You see, here are my problems. 1 I don't know where the hell I am? Last thing I remember was drinking something and waking up. 2 I dont know where the hell to go. And 3 I don't know where the hell the club is where I was set to perform.

Meanwhile at the club

I don't know where the hell Electronic Notes was? We go on in an hour and the crew said they have never seen him ever. I really hope nothing bad happened.

Electronic Notes point of view

I was scarred. It was night when I got out and it was cold. I still had to perform but I wanted to go to bed. I think i'd go with Vinyl rather than a blanket any night.

I was still wandering aimlessly. Some ponies around here were giving me looks that said 'If he ever wanted in on our gang, I'd like him, but I'd beat the sh*t out of him during initiation.' I had to get out of here or I would be jumped. I take it back, lower Canterlot was way better than this hell hole.

I stumbled into a small food mart. Not even caring about the show at this point. That doctor already cut me up a few times to 'prepare' me for operation.

I noticed a group ponies in the store. I could tell that they weren't like the ponies around here. They seem like they were the type of ponies that would always mess around with each other but always be there. Thats when one of them looked at me. I began to leave before one of them called out to me,

"Hey you." A mares' voice called out to me. Turning around, I responded nervously "Yeah"

"You look familiar. Aren't you Electronic Notes?"

I nodded my head.

"Dude my friend Vinyl is looking for you. You were supposed to be at the club an hour ago"

"Do you know where it is?" I asked.

"We were just on our way there. Come on follow us there."

We arrived about five minutes later. I was already close to passing out. There I saw Vinyl waiting for me back stage.

"Oh my Celestia, What happened?"

"No time, lets just do this and get it over with." I breathed out.

On stage Vinyl announced that the show may be cut short due to injuries. What a damn shame cause I barley made it through the first song without collapsing. About ten songs later, I was down for the count. Last thing I remember was a bottle being thrown at me.


I woke to the the sounds of a running train. Looking at my body, I saw that it was bandaged. I looked around and saw that I was alone in the train car. Until Vinyl walked in. The moment she saw me, she sprinted up and hugged me.

"I know what happened, Thats the real reason I didn't want you to come with me"

"So you were protecting me. Why did you lie to me."

"So you didn't go after me trying to help me."

"I just wish that the day would have been with me and you."

She looked at me and said, "I promise next stop, It'll be me and you."

"Promise."

"Promise."

As we were laying in bed, I suddenly remembered something. Leaning down, I whispered in her ear. "By the way you ow me 5 bits." She smiled after that statement.

* A similar line said by Claptrap in Borderlands 2

** A Shed.mov reference

{A/N} Parasprites. The little bastards that steal your gems when you turn off your phone. Anyways, hope you enjoyed. leave a comment and like. I don't own My Little Pony or the references I made.